History as effects of power
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Arcadia
Publication Date
11-2004
Volume
39
Issue
2
First Page
312
Last Page
321
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Abstract
Like any other type of human discourse, history writing should not be viewed as an objective enterprise whose implicit telos is to seek truth; rather, it should be treated as a sphere of conflicting social interests and asymmetrical power-relations. To understand the past, therefore, we not only have to analyze verbal disputes that frequently occur between individual speakers and writers but also need to watch out for the ideological presence that has infiltrated virtually all social institutions.
DOI
10.1515/arca.39.2.312
Print ISSN
00037982
E-ISSN
16130642
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Ding, E. (2004). History as effects of power. Arcadia, 39(2), 312-321. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/arca.39.2.312